Mental Health Support Worker

4 days ago

BarrowInFurness, United Kingdom Grayhealthcare Full time

**Male Support Worker**

Location - Barrow-in-Furness

£11.55 per hour

**Role Description -Male Support Worker**

Gray Healthcare are recruiting a new team of mental health support workers within the Barrow-in-Furness area of Cumbria to support a gentleman in his 50's who has a diagnosis of Paranoid Schizophrenia and Learning Disabilities who be living independently in his own home receiving 1:1 support 24 hours a day. The gentleman we will be supporting has a good sense of humour, enjoys outdoor walks, cooking and building Lego sets. He will be supported by a mixed gender team on mixed shifts of days and waking nights.

**Mental Health Support Worker Required Skills and Experience**
- Social care experience, ideally within mental health and with some experience of supporting individuals with Schizophrenia.
- Experience providing encouragement to a person with complex health needs and Learning Disabilities.
- Experience supporting individuals with behaviours which may be considered challenging.
- Experience implementing detailed care plans and risk assessments.
- You must have current Right to Work in the UK and have been employed in the UK for at least 6 months. **We no longer have any certificates of sponsorship available and are unable to consider sponsorship.**:
**Hours**

**Induction and Training**

We provide an initial week of training which is a combination of online training. (Company induction, systems, and Medication.) Followed by in-person training on PROACT-SCIPr-UK which is a PBS approach to least restrictive practice, this is a therapeutic and proven alternative to restraint dominate approaches. You will then complete the person-centred training, specific to the person that you are supporting. Training continues throughout your time with Gray Healthcare, and we encourage you to develop and grow your career with us.

**Benefits**
- Highly competitive salary
- Fully paid induction and training
- Company pension
- Professional development
- 25 days annual leave
- Your birthday off
- Westfield health plan
- £1500 retention bonus
- Blue light card

**About Us**

Gray Healthcare is a specialist Health and Social Care provider, supporting people with complex needs, disabilities and long-term conditions looking to step back into the community from in-patient support services. At Gray Healthcare, we offer our own dynamic approach to care, enabling people to move back into their own homes - into their own communities - giving them control of their life. We create a bespoke support package for each individual, with support from our own multi-disciplinary team, adaptable to meet all current and future needs.

**Job Types**: Part-time, Permanent

Pay: £11.55 per hour

Expected hours: 12 per week

**Benefits**:

- Health & wellbeing programme

Schedule:

- 12 hour shift
- Day shift
- Weekend availability

**Experience**:

- UK Support Work: 1 year (required)

**Location**:

- Barrow-In-Furness (required)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 25/10/2024
Reference ID: grayhealth/MPO/18256/1081

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